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i think the immigrant experience combined with the african background, combined with the incredible education, combined with his beautiful speech, that speech was a piece of work. >> i believe that we have a righteous wind at our backs, and that is as we stands on the crossroads of history, we can make the right choices and meet the challenges that face us. >> by the time obama entered the senate, he couldn't avoid the question. was he the one who could break the barrier and become our first african-american president? >> i do wish that he would run. i do wish he would run. and if he would, i would do everything in my power to campaign for him. >> if obama did decide to run, he wouldn't be the first african-american to try for the white house. in the post-civil rights era, african-americans from al sharpton to jesse jackson to congresswoman shirley chisholm took on the challenge. >> the next time that a minority person or a woman runs for high office in this country, she or he will be regarded as a force to be respected. >> shirley chisholm ran because she wanted to bring issues of women and
i think the immigrant experience combined with the african background, combined with the incredible education, combined with his beautiful speech, that speech was a piece of work. >> i believe that we have a righteous wind at our backs, and that is as we stands on the crossroads of history, we can make the right choices and meet the challenges that face us. >> by the time obama entered the senate, he couldn't avoid the question. was he the one who could break the barrier and become...
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it's about education, research and development, controlling our energy future. all of these are part of the equation, and we can't just do one piece of it. >> roughly 24 hours from now we will hear the president lay out some of those plans for the course of the next four years. david playofoffe, the president completed writing his remarks. now we just wait to hear what he has to say. >> and there were other active tifs involving the vice president. he was sworn in for a second time today. tell us about that. >> that took place about 8:20 this morning. he was sworn in by his choosing by the justice sonia sotomayor. a lot of people were asking why did that happen roughly 8:00 this morning. because the justice is actually on book tour right now. she had a previous commitment in new york. she had to hustle to a train to make that commitment in new york city today. so it took place early this morning. vice president joe biden surrounded by his family over at the naval observatory, his residence, for the swearing-in. only a matter of hours ago today. he put his hands
it's about education, research and development, controlling our energy future. all of these are part of the equation, and we can't just do one piece of it. >> roughly 24 hours from now we will hear the president lay out some of those plans for the course of the next four years. david playofoffe, the president completed writing his remarks. now we just wait to hear what he has to say. >> and there were other active tifs involving the vice president. he was sworn in for a second time...
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we've got to reach out and educate a younger generation. second, that younger generation really knows how to use social media. i don't. i don't have a facebook. i don't have a twitter. we've got to get more of them involved because they're really better at organizing a younger group than those of us who are somewhat old are. i think the other thing is bringing back in women of my generation who do remember what it was like. part of the case started because women who were graduate students at the university of texas were upset because at the university of texas health center you could not get contraception unless you certified you were within six weeks of marriage, so there were a lot of unplanned pregnancies, and then they were asking information about where could they go for abortion, and these women who were doing counseling were trying to tell them where -- illegal places, but keep them out of the bad illegal places. it's why the medical community has always been so supportive of abortion being legal. >> sarah, thank you very much on thi
we've got to reach out and educate a younger generation. second, that younger generation really knows how to use social media. i don't. i don't have a facebook. i don't have a twitter. we've got to get more of them involved because they're really better at organizing a younger group than those of us who are somewhat old are. i think the other thing is bringing back in women of my generation who do remember what it was like. part of the case started because women who were graduate students at...
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if you are in education, you might have a 401b plan. an ira is an individual retirement plan and that is for someone who is self-employed. that is where you have to take the money and go to the bank or financial institution to make a contribution. if you are an independent contractor like our other caller, that is where you will go and get that contribution. you will probably not get a match like a 401k. host: i have heard of a roth ira, what is that? guest: it is a security retirement products. the money goes into that plan before you pay taxes. a rtoh ira goes in after taxes but is treated differently when it comes out. one comes out, your money is not taxable as income. you have a choice of paying the taxes today because you think the tax rates are the lowest of they might be and the might go up in the future or would you rather get that extra 15-25% by not paying taxes now. many people today, younger people might be more interested in a roth ira because of where tax rates will be in another 10 years host: democrats line, hello. call
if you are in education, you might have a 401b plan. an ira is an individual retirement plan and that is for someone who is self-employed. that is where you have to take the money and go to the bank or financial institution to make a contribution. if you are an independent contractor like our other caller, that is where you will go and get that contribution. you will probably not get a match like a 401k. host: i have heard of a roth ira, what is that? guest: it is a security retirement...
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but i'm their so-called mother to give them a better life and better education. that's for sure. >> what was the inspiration? >> i'm really fortunate to be brought up in the family that i was. i had good parents. until now they give me everything. but there are some children, you know, whose parents have done mistakes and they are suffering. i said that i should give it to them. >> some of your kids were watching. what did you want to say to them? >> your mamu did. i'm sure you're proud of me whatever i'm doing. >> i'm proud of you, too. >> thank you, anderson. thank you. excuse me, sir i'm gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game. i think your friends will understand. oh no, it's actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane? yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24/7. sounds a little too good to be true sir. i'll believe that when pigs fly. ok, did she seriously just say that? geico. just click away with our free mobile app. how did i know? well, i didn't really.
but i'm their so-called mother to give them a better life and better education. that's for sure. >> what was the inspiration? >> i'm really fortunate to be brought up in the family that i was. i had good parents. until now they give me everything. but there are some children, you know, whose parents have done mistakes and they are suffering. i said that i should give it to them. >> some of your kids were watching. what did you want to say to them? >> your mamu did. i'm...
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we can invest in education. we can invest in infrastructure. we can invest in this country like eisenhower did, right? like jfk did. we can do two things at once. it's not the discretionary domestic spending driving us into the ground. that's how we stay ahead of china. that's how we stay ahead of india. we have a retirement problem. we have a demographics problem. governor, that's hard to handle in the national level. it's hard to handle on the state level. how do we do it? >> we've nearly closed our structural deficit in maryland. it's because of job creation. we've recovered now, thanks to president obama's tough but right decisions, we've recovered 80% of what we lost in the bush recession. you talk about the hyperinflation and medicare medicaid, that's what the affordable care act was about. that's why the president did that. >> but first of all, we're not going to be able to grow out of our problems that we're facing with medicare and medicaid. we're just not. the numbers show that -- >> you agree with that right? >> wait a minute. that c
we can invest in education. we can invest in infrastructure. we can invest in this country like eisenhower did, right? like jfk did. we can do two things at once. it's not the discretionary domestic spending driving us into the ground. that's how we stay ahead of china. that's how we stay ahead of india. we have a retirement problem. we have a demographics problem. governor, that's hard to handle in the national level. it's hard to handle on the state level. how do we do it? >> we've...
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he is an educator. he spends his time educating. >> we don't have time to go through the entire list. this is tough because there are allotted of good ones. who is the number 1 member of the house, progressive? number 1 senator, progressive? >> right now, i would say in the house, it's a tough one because there are a lot of people doing great work. >> yeah. >> current sitting house members, i would go with probably keith ellison who has really stepped it up. if you know keith, it's not just that he is good on the issues. it's personality. >> yeah. >> he has a great style i was there where you were sitting a couple of days ago. he is great? >> i heard him. i give keith i am mention credit and in my list, i cited tammy baldwin. she wasn't as noisy as some focus but the key with tammy was this: she voted a straight progressive line. she took very dangerous votes, votes that political consultants will tell you not to vote. and yes yet she got e selected to the senate in a swing state. that's a member for ot
he is an educator. he spends his time educating. >> we don't have time to go through the entire list. this is tough because there are allotted of good ones. who is the number 1 member of the house, progressive? number 1 senator, progressive? >> right now, i would say in the house, it's a tough one because there are a lot of people doing great work. >> yeah. >> current sitting house members, i would go with probably keith ellison who has really stepped it up. if you know...
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he's had the ultimate washington education so we see two changes in him. one is the philosophical change we've been talking about. this is the president who didn't always say what he really thought in the first term. when there were terrible storms that leveled parts of missouri he flew down there and he gave consoling speeches in which he talked about those storms as acts of god which really angered some of the climate advocates because they said how can you talk about this like an act of god when we believe that this is linked to climate change and we can do something about it? gun control. this is a president who did very little on gun control in his first term and within hours of the newtown shooting you could see how that changed. he came out and made that first statement and you said to yourself this is a president who's going to try to do something about gun control. the second question is how much smarter he's gotten about the washington maneuvering. the white house did do a better job at playing out the recent series of debt and budget negotiation
he's had the ultimate washington education so we see two changes in him. one is the philosophical change we've been talking about. this is the president who didn't always say what he really thought in the first term. when there were terrible storms that leveled parts of missouri he flew down there and he gave consoling speeches in which he talked about those storms as acts of god which really angered some of the climate advocates because they said how can you talk about this like an act of god...
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. >> it's a way to educate the young about past civil rights struggles. elissa harrington is in san jose with more on how people can ride. good morning. >> reporter: the longest rung freedom train in the united states going on its 27th year now, and it leaves the station in san jose at 9:30 this morning. it's to commemorate the birthday of martin luther king junior and covers 54 miles. that's the same distance that he and other civil rights activists marched in 1965. he led thousands of demonstrators from sell e sell -- selma alabama to montgomery. this is significant considering obama is being sworn into his second term in the white house. the mlk association is chartering the freedom train and to ride you needied to get your tickets online at brownpapertickets.com or you can buy one on site from the mlk board members. it boards at 9, leaves san jose at 9:30 and will make three stops along the way one in sunnyvale, another in palo alto and in san mateo and is scheduled to arrive in san francisco at 10:55 this morning. round trip tickets are $10 and expec
. >> it's a way to educate the young about past civil rights struggles. elissa harrington is in san jose with more on how people can ride. good morning. >> reporter: the longest rung freedom train in the united states going on its 27th year now, and it leaves the station in san jose at 9:30 this morning. it's to commemorate the birthday of martin luther king junior and covers 54 miles. that's the same distance that he and other civil rights activists marched in 1965. he led...
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also very very educational as well. sounds trite. out of school, you learn something when you are talking to students. it was impressive to here them talk about what they felt his most important legacy was at this point. they felt sort of staying alive. >> it's interesting they would make that connection. i remember early on in the president's term people very, very concerned he might not make it through the first term because of that reason. walking around. >> 2000, it was atrocious, the security understandably. it's night and day. we had national guards patrolling the street here in front of the studio which is not -- they are not there. >> from the symbolism point, a lot felt like again as a black man in the white house ol a basic level, there will be things when they don't know anything other than a black president. it's not as if this is a big life changer. if you were in middle school you were 9 or 10 when he was elected. they very much felt empowered by it. it wasn't passe, just a part of life. it was a big deal for them in te
also very very educational as well. sounds trite. out of school, you learn something when you are talking to students. it was impressive to here them talk about what they felt his most important legacy was at this point. they felt sort of staying alive. >> it's interesting they would make that connection. i remember early on in the president's term people very, very concerned he might not make it through the first term because of that reason. walking around. >> 2000, it was...
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yeah, public education is a good thing. i am glad that healthcare is controlled by government and in the sense of, you know making it accessible and making people with pre-existing conditions to be able to have access to insurance. certainly people like the fact we have the fda, food and drug administration to make sure that the drugs we are selling are safe and sound, things like that. >> the meat we are buying is not tainted. the list goes on and on. so when everybody says we don't like government or there is too much of it, you begin drilling down and they will accept the fact that what we saw where you do all of the licensing of businesses how most politics is about business, about businesses coming to government and saying regulate us. may sure if people are going to sell houses, you have a licensing program. we want doctors to be licensed. teachers, child care licensed. they want government to create angequal playingfield at least a professional field and ask government to set up standards. >> congressman sam farr. wh
yeah, public education is a good thing. i am glad that healthcare is controlled by government and in the sense of, you know making it accessible and making people with pre-existing conditions to be able to have access to insurance. certainly people like the fact we have the fda, food and drug administration to make sure that the drugs we are selling are safe and sound, things like that. >> the meat we are buying is not tainted. the list goes on and on. so when everybody says we don't like...
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they were elementary school educators dedicated to educating their young children. so their first response when confronted by this terror was to protect their children. thank goodness for our first responders. they arrived in three minutes which is incredible in a town of 60 square miles, mainly country roads. they saved imnumerable lives as the shooter carried enough ammunition to have continued throughout the entire school. and this loving little elementary school was helpless in the face of this assault. 20 beautiful and innocent learn first graders were lost that day in a senseless act. they were no match for a troubled person with an ar-15. at the fire house where we had all gathered to try to sort through the events of the day, the true horror of the assault began to become apparent as parents came running, crying to the station, looking for their children. as we released children to their parents, we began to realize we didn't have enough children. there were parents without children. it was then that i was beginning to realize the magnitude of this horror. s
they were elementary school educators dedicated to educating their young children. so their first response when confronted by this terror was to protect their children. thank goodness for our first responders. they arrived in three minutes which is incredible in a town of 60 square miles, mainly country roads. they saved imnumerable lives as the shooter carried enough ammunition to have continued throughout the entire school. and this loving little elementary school was helpless in the face of...
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moving to a culture of education rather than a culture of violence. one of the things we can work on its anti bullying programs in schools. where we learn about violence and we model violence, children learn very young. if we address this through educational aspects, then we should look at additional support for anti bali activities in our schools. -- anti bullying activities in our schools. >> some of these overlap. firstly, funding. yes, please, we do. there are a number of ways we use it. in my city, the lion's share of public schools in my district are in our city. we know how they are strapped. yes to the funding peace. to the met ipod keith walker -- piece. they are having a bad today -- that day to day. what is going on? have you seen his facebook page? i am being bullied on facebook. all of these things that lead us to bend to -- to mental health issues. an officer on the street today gets called because someone is having an episode of some nature. maybe a family member calls or a co-worker calls. having some sort of episode. the officer comes
moving to a culture of education rather than a culture of violence. one of the things we can work on its anti bullying programs in schools. where we learn about violence and we model violence, children learn very young. if we address this through educational aspects, then we should look at additional support for anti bali activities in our schools. -- anti bullying activities in our schools. >> some of these overlap. firstly, funding. yes, please, we do. there are a number of ways we use...
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[applause] that means creating new jobs for hard working americans and continues to invest in education and other programs vital tote middle class. it also means fixing our infrastructure, reforming our immigration system, and addressing climate change in a comprehensive way. it means that we must take action to protect our children and our communities by working to prevent and reduce gun violence. [applause] thank you. together, as democrats, we will build on the president's successes building on our success as a partiment one of the powerful lessons learned from our victory this cycle is that we can't start from scratch every four years. i'm thrilled the president announced ofa will not end with the 2012 election, but lives on as organizing for action, complementing the work we'll continue to do here at the democratic party. organizing for action enables us to keep volunteers through issue advocacy to pass the president's legislative agenda while training the next generation of grassroots organizers and leaders in communities across the countriment -- country. now, i know i talked wit
[applause] that means creating new jobs for hard working americans and continues to invest in education and other programs vital tote middle class. it also means fixing our infrastructure, reforming our immigration system, and addressing climate change in a comprehensive way. it means that we must take action to protect our children and our communities by working to prevent and reduce gun violence. [applause] thank you. together, as democrats, we will build on the president's successes building...
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, competing on the world platform in education. and doing the infrastructure that we are talking about when it comes to rail, when it comes to bridges, when it comes to the basics that help businesses across america. how are you going to do that? and how are you going to convince the republicans that you have to make these investments if you are going to move the country forward? we have two different philosophies on how to create jobs in this country. republicans think the government doesn't have a role. president obama, the democrats, the progressive community believe that you have to be a partner. there has to be that public partner privateship agreement if we are going to move forward. senator john kerry is going to play a big role in this next nomination. >> nominee for secretary of state. and you can see the marines making way for the president himself. this is actually the president leaving the white house that you saw just a moment ago. his daughter malia and her grandmother leaving ahead of the president himself. there's g
, competing on the world platform in education. and doing the infrastructure that we are talking about when it comes to rail, when it comes to bridges, when it comes to the basics that help businesses across america. how are you going to do that? and how are you going to convince the republicans that you have to make these investments if you are going to move the country forward? we have two different philosophies on how to create jobs in this country. republicans think the government doesn't...
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it means fix the education. so we're bringing kids along that have the skills for 21st century america. his focus has to be on the economy. on the need to reduce unemployment. and frankly, i hope he can, through his own example, restore a sense of civility in the country. >> every president learns a lot. is scarred by the office. also made more wise by the office. what is the one thing you hope president obama has learned over the last four years? >> i hope he's learned that you know, no one part of the government, really, gets it all done. and so, he's got to do a better job of reaching out to members of congress, across both -- across the aisle, to the republicans. and the republicans have to stop buying into things that demonize the president. why aren't republican leaders shouting out about all this birther nonsense and these other things? they're silent. they need to speak out. this is the kind of intolerance i've been talking about, where these idiot presentations continue to be made. and you don't see the
it means fix the education. so we're bringing kids along that have the skills for 21st century america. his focus has to be on the economy. on the need to reduce unemployment. and frankly, i hope he can, through his own example, restore a sense of civility in the country. >> every president learns a lot. is scarred by the office. also made more wise by the office. what is the one thing you hope president obama has learned over the last four years? >> i hope he's learned that you...
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after three and a half years, obama's mother decided to send him back to hawaii for a better education opportunity at an elite prep academy. >> [yanagi] i met barry on the first day of fifth grade. he was somebody who always had a very big personality. he was always smiling. he was somebody that everybody liked and everybody responded to. even in fifth and sixth grade, um, you could tell that he was a special person. >> [kasunoki] i had him from, uh, september of '75 until he graduated in june of '79, so that was freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year. he was very articulate. he spoke well. he wrote well. he never got in trouble, not that i recall. he never got any interims. he was, uh, very polite. people were sort of gravitated towards him. he was very charismatic then. people have asked me, "did you "ever think he'd be president?" uh, no, but i knew he would be successful. >> during his high school years, barack obama developed a lifelong passion for playing the game of basketball as a proud member of the punahou varsity basketball team that won a state championship in his sen
after three and a half years, obama's mother decided to send him back to hawaii for a better education opportunity at an elite prep academy. >> [yanagi] i met barry on the first day of fifth grade. he was somebody who always had a very big personality. he was always smiling. he was somebody that everybody liked and everybody responded to. even in fifth and sixth grade, um, you could tell that he was a special person. >> [kasunoki] i had him from, uh, september of '75 until he...
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we have to create jobs and the president is committed to investing in education and community colleges and infrastructure, the roadways and the bridges and the ports that allow our country to be second to none. so i think, brian, it was a very uplifting speech. it was an emotional speech. you could tell he felt with conviction everything he said. judging from the response that he received from the crowd and that we have been hearing on twitter and from around the country, i think it was one that should pull us together and it's up to us now to act. all of us. >> one more thing, ms. jarrett. you were last in the news, you were seen partly in that -- >> my leg, brian. >> the now famous photo of the white males in the oval office and what it did was it raised the issue of diversity for this administration. we have been sitting here talking to our colleague, doris kearns goodwin about how often in second terms a team of rivals can turn more into a team of friends as is the president's prerogative. the president for himself has said, we're not done yet. judge us at the finish. can you help
we have to create jobs and the president is committed to investing in education and community colleges and infrastructure, the roadways and the bridges and the ports that allow our country to be second to none. so i think, brian, it was a very uplifting speech. it was an emotional speech. you could tell he felt with conviction everything he said. judging from the response that he received from the crowd and that we have been hearing on twitter and from around the country, i think it was one...
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it could be the education system. it could be, you know, there's so many other things that go on in the countries. it could be how close they are to sweden. >> doesn't the study also suggest that the vitamin d which is very good for brain development may be very important and we know that that's true certainly in young children. >> well, you know, it's a common misconception that milk has vitamin d. milk is supplemented with vitamin d in some countries like the united states. but in the united kingdom, milk has no vitamin d. and yet that was very high up on the list. so it's -- really not the vitamin d in milk that's the cause of this phenomenon. >> i want to make sure i'm drinking the right kind of milk. is it 2% 1% skim the soy milk almond/vanilla flavored? which kind are you talking about, does it matter? >> well, there was another study showing that chocolate consumption was associated with nobel prizes. maybe it's chocolate milk. you know lower fat dairy products have been associated with lower body weight. so th
it could be the education system. it could be, you know, there's so many other things that go on in the countries. it could be how close they are to sweden. >> doesn't the study also suggest that the vitamin d which is very good for brain development may be very important and we know that that's true certainly in young children. >> well, you know, it's a common misconception that milk has vitamin d. milk is supplemented with vitamin d in some countries like the united states. but in...
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for the 25 other innocent children and devoted educators who had so much left to give. for the men and women in big cities and small towns who small victims to senseless violence each and every day. for all the americans who are counting on us to keep them safe from harm. let's do the right thing. let's do the right thing for them and for this country that we love so much. [applause] thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> president obama signing 23 executive orders on gun violence, part of what some people are calling the broadest range of gun violence proposals since 1968. on december 14, after december 14, in the wake of newtown shootings, vice president biden was tasked with leading a task force looking into gun violence. he reported to the president earlier this week after those meetings and hearings, and the president today unveiling those proposals here at the executive office building next to the white house. we are going to open up our phone lines to find out your thoughts on
for the 25 other innocent children and devoted educators who had so much left to give. for the men and women in big cities and small towns who small victims to senseless violence each and every day. for all the americans who are counting on us to keep them safe from harm. let's do the right thing. let's do the right thing for them and for this country that we love so much. [applause] thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite...
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a college education is an investment. maybe the most important one you'll ever make. this week i had the honor of speaking to students at knox college, a private liberal arts college, in gailsburg, illinois. i told them there are four available workers for every job in this country. i said, look around you, look around you in that room. you got to beat out three of those classmates just to get hired. you still have a golden ticket. you're just going to have to work harder to get it punched. parents, i want to hear from you. are your kids coming out of college, are they prepared to enter the job market and fend for themselves? find us on facebook and twitter. cnn.com bottomline. and catch me this afternoon with ali velshi, see why some democrats are saying debt problem, what debt problem? "cnn saturday morning" with randi kaye continues right now. >>> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> good morning, everyone, and welcome to this special edition of "cnn saturday morning," it's saturday, january 19, i'm randi kaye coming to you from the national mall in washington, d
a college education is an investment. maybe the most important one you'll ever make. this week i had the honor of speaking to students at knox college, a private liberal arts college, in gailsburg, illinois. i told them there are four available workers for every job in this country. i said, look around you, look around you in that room. you got to beat out three of those classmates just to get hired. you still have a golden ticket. you're just going to have to work harder to get it punched....
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made the country and those that will make the next counsel tree that will be america, whether it's education or training or whatever else. i just wanted to give just shout out to the brooklyn tabernacle choir. which i thought was just phenomenal. also lamar alexander, which was really exceptional and the -- not that the others weren't fine but they were. i thought the poet was great. >> that gives us an opportunity to speak more broadly about the ceremony it wasn't just the speech. the speech is at the heart of it, we can come back to that. we'll watch the president, vice president, go in to a room in the capital which they're going to sign the four nominations to the people he has mentioned that he is going to nominate for cabinet. let's see if we can listen in. >> he's going right to work now. >> lamar alexander, chuck schumer, vice president biden. house speaker boehner. eric cantor and nancy pelosi. >> ronald reagan established the tradition of going right to sign these kinds of documents for nominations. >> thank you very much, everybody. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> at a time when we
made the country and those that will make the next counsel tree that will be america, whether it's education or training or whatever else. i just wanted to give just shout out to the brooklyn tabernacle choir. which i thought was just phenomenal. also lamar alexander, which was really exceptional and the -- not that the others weren't fine but they were. i thought the poet was great. >> that gives us an opportunity to speak more broadly about the ceremony it wasn't just the speech. the...
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thank you. >> the renowned author, educator, founder of the critical resistance movement angela davis speaking at the peace ball, voices of hope and resistance sunday night. here in washington, d.c., just before heading to the peace ball, i ran into rev. ben chavis, member of the wilmington 10, former assistant to dr. martin luther king, jr., former executive director of the naacp. when we last spoke on "democracy now!" it was in december when he and others for making a last- ditch push for the north carolina governor bev perdue to pardon him and nine others known as the wilmington 10. it was 1971, the city of clinton was in the midst of a civil rights struggle. after what and restored a black neighborhood was firebombed, police officers and firefighters arrived to extinguish the flames but came under gunfire. an african-american teen was killed by police that night, a white man was shot and killed the next day. the national guard moved in. nine black men and one white woman were rounded up, hustled off to jail for their alleged involvement. the young defendants, the majority just hig
thank you. >> the renowned author, educator, founder of the critical resistance movement angela davis speaking at the peace ball, voices of hope and resistance sunday night. here in washington, d.c., just before heading to the peace ball, i ran into rev. ben chavis, member of the wilmington 10, former assistant to dr. martin luther king, jr., former executive director of the naacp. when we last spoke on "democracy now!" it was in december when he and others for making a last-...
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to invest in brain power and education, and also lift up neighborhoods at the same time. and to his credit, he's been more collabrative with mayors, i think than we've seen in a long time. so i have a lot of hope for the second term. >> mayor castro of san antonio, texas, and brother joaquin castro in congress, very kind of you to spend a moment with us. >> great to be here. >> the president will be leaving the capitol shortly. he'll go out the east front where members of the u.s. military have been assembled so that we can symbolically review the troops. and we have leon panetta joining us now from inside the capitol. can you hear us, second panetta? >> i can, good to talk to you. >> nice to talk to you, mr. secretary. >> i don't think three weeks ago any americans would have thought that north africa would be at the top of the security concerns. we've heard three americans were killed in that hostage situation in algeria and seven americans were freed. i wonder what you think the president has to do over the next four years? >> as i've been saying this is all part of th
to invest in brain power and education, and also lift up neighborhoods at the same time. and to his credit, he's been more collabrative with mayors, i think than we've seen in a long time. so i have a lot of hope for the second term. >> mayor castro of san antonio, texas, and brother joaquin castro in congress, very kind of you to spend a moment with us. >> great to be here. >> the president will be leaving the capitol shortly. he'll go out the east front where members of the...
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education. we have to look at very carefully how do we stay competitive internationally with manufacturing and all this stuff? so there is a lot of issues that need to be addressed. we can't just freeze and say, it's hard to negotiate with the white house. everything is hard. when i sat there in sacramento, every single thing, you just wanted to build a road, it was a major issue. you had to negotiate for two years. but you can never give up. that's the most important thing. >> gretchen: the important other story is lance armstrong and coming clean on this interview last night with oprah winfrey. what do you make of the culture that we live in now where more and more people, including yourself, find themselves in situations where they have lied? >> i've never lied. >> gretchen: you never lied? >> you talking about my scandal that i had? i came very clean when my wife asked me the simple question. this is true. i said yes. i went out to the public and i immediately said, here is the situation. i
education. we have to look at very carefully how do we stay competitive internationally with manufacturing and all this stuff? so there is a lot of issues that need to be addressed. we can't just freeze and say, it's hard to negotiate with the white house. everything is hard. when i sat there in sacramento, every single thing, you just wanted to build a road, it was a major issue. you had to negotiate for two years. but you can never give up. that's the most important thing. >> gretchen:...
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the president has to be an educate on climate issue. by giving it the form, not a paragraph, he's gone a long way to start the second term discussion on climate we need. >> we can't judge how historians are going to see this. i suspect on many issues, they'll see it as forward thinking. that doesn't take away from the fact it probably will be seen as the next couple years as a partisan speech. i think they best test how partisan the speech is, is not what republicans say on it, what democrats running for re-election on the senate two years from now say on the speech and what democrats say in swing districts about the speech. i don't know you're going to get a lot of these democrats running in conservative states where the president got below 45%, and there are quite a few, in 2014, are going to be talking about gay rights, climate change and gun control. rober robert. >> look. every district is unique and different, as you well know and as we know, as we looking through the map. i think the speech, talking, as doug said about seneca fal
the president has to be an educate on climate issue. by giving it the form, not a paragraph, he's gone a long way to start the second term discussion on climate we need. >> we can't judge how historians are going to see this. i suspect on many issues, they'll see it as forward thinking. that doesn't take away from the fact it probably will be seen as the next couple years as a partisan speech. i think they best test how partisan the speech is, is not what republicans say on it, what...
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i believe that when our people are succeeding, when they have the tools they need to get a grade education, get a good job, look after their kids, have some basic security, that there is nothing that can stop america. two figures i admire probably more than anybody in american history is dr. king and president lincoln. for me to have the opportunity to use the bible they used on the 105th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation and the 50th anniversary of the march on washington is fitting. their actions and the movement they represent are the only reason that it is possible for me to be inaugurated. it is also a reminder for me that this country has gone through tough times before but we always come out on the other side. we're constantly perfecting our union and making it more fair. we want everybody to have a fair shot in this country. if you work hard, you can make it. regardless of where you come from or what you look like. it is probably the most important thing to keep in mind when you are president of the united states. i will uphold my oath of office at the same time letting
i believe that when our people are succeeding, when they have the tools they need to get a grade education, get a good job, look after their kids, have some basic security, that there is nothing that can stop america. two figures i admire probably more than anybody in american history is dr. king and president lincoln. for me to have the opportunity to use the bible they used on the 105th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation and the 50th anniversary of the march on washington is...
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term will provide a whole lot more opportunity to address things that really matter, like jobs, like education, immigration reform is not something that's just championed by the congressional hispanic caucus. at this point, with the democratic caucus numbers, the minority in the democratic caucus now in the house are white males. so you have a rainbow coalition inside the house. and folks want to see an agenda that looks and reflects the face of america. >> if you look at the amount of time the president has, there's probably one or two of these big issues you bring up that are possible to tackle. which one do you think he should do first? >> i guess gun control. he's already started with the executive actions, just recently taken. of course he needs congress' support on the assault ban. he also needs to immediately address immigration reform. >> angela rye, we'll see if he listens to you. thank you very much. >>> next up, senior adviser for the presidential inaugural committee, ben labolt, tells us what to expect from the president's speech. wears off. [ female announcer ] stop searching and
term will provide a whole lot more opportunity to address things that really matter, like jobs, like education, immigration reform is not something that's just championed by the congressional hispanic caucus. at this point, with the democratic caucus numbers, the minority in the democratic caucus now in the house are white males. so you have a rainbow coalition inside the house. and folks want to see an agenda that looks and reflects the face of america. >> if you look at the amount of...
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it came a day after the [ inaudible ] issued a statement [ inaudible ] -- the nra proposed arming educators and volunteer security guards and private security personnel. this was a program that was funded to put actual police officers in schools after they received adequate training. there is a huge distinction to police officers who are wanted in a community, as opposed to being forced to have the police officers in their schools. it's based on a clinton era law. and they went on to say if you look at sheriff arpaio in arizona, he's talking about volunteer posses that a far cry from a trained officer, and also become really a part of the school staff and every single adult in the school building really becomes part of one team. [ applause ] >> stephanie: and as we pointed out, some of sheriff arpaio's posse, criminal backgrounds. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> yeah, and police officers are trained to know when to shoot and when not to. >> stephanie: right. i was saying yesterday that -- talking about returning veterans. i'm just saying -- i think you have to think through a lot of it, bec
it came a day after the [ inaudible ] issued a statement [ inaudible ] -- the nra proposed arming educators and volunteer security guards and private security personnel. this was a program that was funded to put actual police officers in schools after they received adequate training. there is a huge distinction to police officers who are wanted in a community, as opposed to being forced to have the police officers in their schools. it's based on a clinton era law. and they went on to say if you...
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certainly, there is a lot more education that needs to be done around this concern. it is not only in the developing world where we think of places like latin america and africa but often in what we call the developed world, western europe and even the united states with people who are trafficking and an up essentially in a slavery- like situation. host: thank you both very much for spending the last hour and a half hour program discussing inauguration day 2013. the house of representatives is about to come in and lee universe as he is performing on the west front. the present the west front. the present
certainly, there is a lot more education that needs to be done around this concern. it is not only in the developing world where we think of places like latin america and africa but often in what we call the developed world, western europe and even the united states with people who are trafficking and an up essentially in a slavery- like situation. host: thank you both very much for spending the last hour and a half hour program discussing inauguration day 2013. the house of representatives is...
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better gun owner and safety education and mental health support and helping develop emergency responses and the rest but when the president goes to gun control i think the public support and bipartisan support drops dramatically. there is a fox news poll shows only 22% of americans believe more gun control would have actually stopped an incident in newtown where as 71% think the criminals will get guns anyway. the 71% are right. there sim peer call evidence that shows it. i think it is a mistake to go after gun control. >> criminals will always get guns. go ahead, i'm sorry. martha: go ahead, alan. >> criminals will always get guns. doesn't mean you don't make laws. if that is the case you didn't make laws because people would always break them. according to gallup, 53% support president's on gun control. "time" magazine as 56%. there is great support in congress and senate at least among the american people for the president to do what he wants to do. martha: we have another poll we want to look at. it shows basically americans believe the most important thing is to protect the constit
better gun owner and safety education and mental health support and helping develop emergency responses and the rest but when the president goes to gun control i think the public support and bipartisan support drops dramatically. there is a fox news poll shows only 22% of americans believe more gun control would have actually stopped an incident in newtown where as 71% think the criminals will get guns anyway. the 71% are right. there sim peer call evidence that shows it. i think it is a...
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to expand school security, to better educate mental health professionals, and this is what he's asking congress to do. look at this with me. limit gun magazines to ten rounds. ban military assault style weapons, establish background checks, and dedicate more money to help treat mental illness and enhance school security. look at the picture here. the picture, the children, flanked by children who wrote to him, wrote the president letters about gun control. their own little concerns and the families of newtown's victims. the president never said the nra's name, but it was apparent he was speaking to and about its members here. >> this will not happen unless the american people demand it. if parents and teachers, police officers and pastors, if hunters and sportsmen, if responsible gun owners, if americans of every background stand up and say, enough, we suffered too much pain, and care too much about our children to allow this to continue, then change will come. >> let me go to michael crowley, the deputy washington bureau chief of "time" magazine. welcome back. >> thank you. >> "time"
to expand school security, to better educate mental health professionals, and this is what he's asking congress to do. look at this with me. limit gun magazines to ten rounds. ban military assault style weapons, establish background checks, and dedicate more money to help treat mental illness and enhance school security. look at the picture here. the picture, the children, flanked by children who wrote to him, wrote the president letters about gun control. their own little concerns and the...
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with your help, scooter and thousands like him can receive the eqief lent of an eighth grade education. and hygiene. we might not be able to cure him but we might prevent skeeter from running for a second congressional term. >> obama is in cahoots are barbra streisand al gore who has a big house. >> please help us erase obama derangement syndrome. a half-baked thought is a terrible thing to waste. >> stephanie: now al gore has a bigger house. >> he got a laugh or something. >> stephanie: it is funny. 47 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." >> go ahead laugh out loud in your cubicle! everyone always thinks you're a left wing lunatic anyway. it's "the stephanie miller show." you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo
with your help, scooter and thousands like him can receive the eqief lent of an eighth grade education. and hygiene. we might not be able to cure him but we might prevent skeeter from running for a second congressional term. >> obama is in cahoots are barbra streisand al gore who has a big house. >> please help us erase obama derangement syndrome. a half-baked thought is a terrible thing to waste. >> stephanie: now al gore has a bigger house. >> he got a laugh or...
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education investment, things that president obama are necessary for a economy. there is no political will there for those things, only now, how to get out of spiraling debt crisis. how to take it head on. we have a deadline with the debt ceiling. at which we'll be at the precipice of default. president obama certainly made the call today, for, equality. he made the call for us to work together, but he will have to do a lot to get there. because the political will is not there, for his agenda of 2009, nor is it there for this expansive agenda. back to cabinet secretaries, he has not even filled out a cabinet, happened pretty late. he has to fill out a national defense team, security team. we're looking at fights, even though we imagined they will all be confirmed. we're looking big fights on those before we even get to the state of the union address and move onto the debt ceiling deadline. there is so much acrimony. if he wants to get back to using the government to try to stablize the economy, that is political will that just doesn't exist right now. shepard: ev
education investment, things that president obama are necessary for a economy. there is no political will there for those things, only now, how to get out of spiraling debt crisis. how to take it head on. we have a deadline with the debt ceiling. at which we'll be at the precipice of default. president obama certainly made the call today, for, equality. he made the call for us to work together, but he will have to do a lot to get there. because the political will is not there, for his agenda of...
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the other piece we haven't talked about is the education reform and the drawdown overseas. >> well, there was a big idea, i think, in the speech today, and that was equality. that's what this speech was about. >> let's check in with wolf. >> the president is about to sign a proclamation. he's also about to nominate several members of his cabinet. let's see if we can listen in. >> all set? all right. i'm proclaiming peace, honor and good will towards men. >> amen. >> i'm sending a few nominations up. mr. charles headinger for defense, mr. john kerry, secretary of state, and mr. [ inaudible ] >> there you go. thank you very much, everybody. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> so the president, once again, formally nominating members of his cabinet. chuck hagel to be secretary of defense, john kerry to be secretary of state, john brent. let's listen in to see what else he's saying. >> that's yours. >> so they have a little -- a few laughs, a little official business, the nomination of cabinet members, signing a proclamation. dana bash, what's going to happen next? >> what's going to happen next, w
the other piece we haven't talked about is the education reform and the drawdown overseas. >> well, there was a big idea, i think, in the speech today, and that was equality. that's what this speech was about. >> let's check in with wolf. >> the president is about to sign a proclamation. he's also about to nominate several members of his cabinet. let's see if we can listen in. >> all set? all right. i'm proclaiming peace, honor and good will towards men. >> amen....
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he's had the ultimate washington education so we see two changes in him. one is the philosophical change we've been talking about. this is the president who didn't always say what he really thought in the first term. when there were terrible storms that leveled parts of missouri he flew down there and he gave consoling speeches in which he talked about those storms as acts of god which really angered some of the climate advocates because they said how can you talk about this like an act of god when we believe that this is linked to climate change and we can do something about it? gun control. this is a president who did very little on gun control in his first term and within hours of the newtown shooting you could see how that changed. he came out and made that first statement and you said to yourself this is a president who's going to try to do something about gun control. the second question is how much smarter he's gotten about the washington maneuvering. the white house did do a better job at playing out the recent series of debt and budget negotiation
he's had the ultimate washington education so we see two changes in him. one is the philosophical change we've been talking about. this is the president who didn't always say what he really thought in the first term. when there were terrible storms that leveled parts of missouri he flew down there and he gave consoling speeches in which he talked about those storms as acts of god which really angered some of the climate advocates because they said how can you talk about this like an act of god...
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we have to not only take care of our fiscal problems but also make some investments in education and research and development, innovation. to get control of the energy future. all of that will be a part of the president's vision for the next four years. >> you know, bob schieffer mentioned earlier this morning the tragedy in newtown, connecticut, the president is proposing a number of changes to the gun laws in this country. how much a part of the president's resolve will that be in the months coming? >> well, the thing -- the president always said that, you know, you have to do many things at once when you're president, and that's a very important thing. we can't keep replicating these tragedies and it's not just the big tragedies, but the small, smaller strategy dtragedies than the streets every day. so he's determined to move forward on this package of laws. they're not the only things we need to do. some of the things have less to do with government and more to do with what we -- what we do in our home. what our children play and in terms of video games and what they watch. but c
we have to not only take care of our fiscal problems but also make some investments in education and research and development, innovation. to get control of the energy future. all of that will be a part of the president's vision for the next four years. >> you know, bob schieffer mentioned earlier this morning the tragedy in newtown, connecticut, the president is proposing a number of changes to the gun laws in this country. how much a part of the president's resolve will that be in the...